B  A  L  M 


Mm^  aiul  the  ISouiuied 


K^.V.   C.    T.    QUINTARD, 


^'haphu  i  1st  Tcnn.  E^g't,  C.  S.  A. 


COLUMBIA: 

V\%«   i    COGSWELL,   I'RINTKRP. 


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''  0  Father  !  not  my  -will,  but  Thine  be  done," 

So  spake  the  Son. 
Be  this  our  charm,  mellowing  earth's  ruder  noise 

Of  griefs  and  joys  ; 
That  we  may  cling  for  ever  to  Thy  breast 

In  perfect  rest ! 


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PRE  FACE.  WoT-g- 


The  following  work  has  been  arranged  for  such  of 
our  soldiers  as  have,  by  reason  of  wounds  or  disease, 
been  compelled  to  exchange  active  service  in  the 
field  for  the  harder  and  more  wearying  service  in  the 
hospital,  or  on  the  bed  of  sickness  and  pain. 

If  it  be  true  that — 

"Tliey  also  serve,  who  only  stand  and  wait," 

surely  they  serve  who  suffer  and  endure.  Sick- 
ness is  as  truly  a  "  state  of  life  into  which  it  pleases 
God  to  call  us"  as  is  health,  and  it  is  to  be  used  for 
the  same  end — His  glory,  and  our  own  good.  Suf- 
fering, endurance,  whether  of  pain  or  trials,  is  as 
much  a  vocation  as  is  the  full  exercise  of  the  powers 
of  mind  and  body  in  the  active  duties  of  life.  It  is 
what  God  calls  us  to — it  is  His  work,  and  He  will 
bless  it.  It  may  be  the  work  of  lying  still,  of  not 
stirring  hand  or  foot,  of  scarcely  speaking,  scarcely 
showing  life.     Still  it  is  His  work. 

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Some  must  suffer,  and  some  must  serve;  but  each 
one  is  necessary  to  the  other;  "the  whole  body  is 
fitly  framed  together  by  that  which  every  joint  sup- 
plieth." 

Some  learn  more  quickly  in  the  school  of  sickness 
and  sorrow  than  others,  because  they  take  great 
pains  to  learn,  and  are  never  satisfied  with  present 
progress;  they  are  ever  seeking  to  know  more,  to 
practice  more,  to  rise  higher.  Our  soldiers  know 
very  well  how  to  labor  and  do  for  their  country,  and 
they  can  certainly  learn  to  wait  and  to  endure.  Let 
them  resolve  to  bear  their  trials,  of  every  sort,  with 
manly  fortitude,  and  employ  their  periods  of  retire- 
ment and  suffering  in  laying,  broad  and  deep,  the 
foundations  of  a  genuine  Christian  character,  and 
they  will  never  lack  the  most  efficient  means  of  pro- 
moting our  national  independence. 


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IN  MEMORIAM 


This  little  manual  is  inscribed  to  the 
memory  of  Captain  Thomas  Edward  King, 
of  Koswell,  G-eorgia,  who  fell  at  the  Battle 
of  Chickamauga,  on  Saturday,  the  19th  day 
of  September,  A.  D.  1863. 

His  life  was  rendered  illustrious  by  an 
exhibition  of  all  those  virtues  which  adorn 
the  patriot  and  the  Christian. 

He  was  brave  without  temerity,  generous 
without  prodigality,  noble  without  pride, 
and  virtuous  without  severity. 

Wounded  at  the  Battle  of  Manassas,  on 
the  21st  of  July,  1861,  he  was  unable  to  re- 
sume the  command  of  his  company;  but 
when  his  native  state  was  threatened  he 
felt  that  he  must  ''join  the  struggle  to  drive 
the  invader  from  his  altar  and  his  home." 
He  accepted  a  ^^osition  on  the  staff  of  the 

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gallant  Genenil  Preston  Smith,  and  fell  with 
him,  at  the  close  of  the  day,  cheerfully  offer- 
ing up  his  life  for  his  country's  cause.  The 
sanctity  of  home-life  may  not  be  invaded, 
or  we  should  find  there  such  a  display  of 
love,  generosity,  and  large -heartedness  as 
would  at  once  give  charm,  and  dignity,  and 
grace  to  all  its  relations.  But,  in  every 
position  in  which  he  was  placed  or  called 
upon  to  act,  he  exhibited,  from  the  dawn  of 
life  to  its  close,  the  same  high  qualities — 

"  The  childhood  shows  the  man, 
As  morning  shows  the  day." 

He  was  a  son  who  never  drew  a  father's 
tear.  He  was  a  patriot  who  consecrated 
all  the  energies  of  soul  and  body  to  his 
country,  and  laid  down  life  itself  for  its 
defence. 

He  was  a  Christian  with  a  heart  full  of 
sympathy  for  every  sorrow,  and  who  recog- 
nized the  connection  of  our  highest  hopes 
in  heaven  with  our  tenderest  charities  in 
earthly  life.  He  had  visions  of  G-od  through 
purity  of  heart,  and  the  life  of  God  upon 
earth  was  the  antechamber  to  that  eternity 


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of  God  upon  .which  he  has  entered.  My 
heart  went  with  him  to  the  battle-field,  and, 
ever  and  anon,  as  the  deathful  volleys  echoed 
on  my  ear,  I  prayed  that  he  might  be  spared. 
It  was  not  to  he;  and,  when  he  fell,  I  had 
been  more  than  man  had  I  not  felt  my 
heartstrings  tear. 

The  perishable  heart,  in  its  passionate 
yearning  for  the  perishable,  must  bleed; 
and  mine  bled  as  I  bore  his  body  from  the 
field  of  carnage  and  death.  But  the  im- 
mortal, redeemed,  regenerated,  and  renewed 
is  healed  and  comforted  in  its  love  of  the 
Immortal.  The  cross  of  Christ  to  which  it 
clings  lifts  it  above  the  world.  It  can  say  : 
"  The  Lord  gave,  and  the  Lord  hath  taken 
away."     And  it  can  say,  also :  "  Blessed  be 

THE  NAME  OF  THE  LORD." 

''His  bosom,  with  one  deatb-sbot  riven, 
The  warrior  lay  low  ; 
His  face  was  turned  unto  the  heaven, 
His  feet  unto  the  foe. 

"As  he  had  fallen  upon  the  plain, 
Inviolate  he  lay  ; 
No  ruffian  spoiler's  hand  profane, 
Had  touched  that  noble  clay. 


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"An^  precious  things  he  still  retained, 
Which,  by  one  distant  hearth. 
Loved  tokens  of  the  loved,  had  gained 
A  worth  beyond  all  worth. 

"  I  treasured  these  for  them  who  yet 
Knew  not  their  mighty  woe  ; 
I  softly  sealed  his  eyes,  and  set 
One  kiss  upon  his  brow." — Trench, 


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In  Christ's  eternal  kingdom  the  distinc- 
tion will  be,  who  is  the  most  like  Him  who 

has  done  his  work  most  faithfully 

It  is  a  comfort  to  reflect  that  our  Heavenly 
Father  knows  all  the  circumstances  of  our 
trial,  and  appreciates  every  effort  and  every 
desire  for  sanctification  and  improvement.  .  . 

We  have  nothing  to  do  with  His 

arrangements  J  He  sets  us  our  work;  we 
have  to  do  it;  step  by  step,  day  by  day,  be 
it  little  or  much,  it  matters  not,  so  that  we 
are  but  faithful;  it  will  all  fit,  in  some  won- 
derful way,  into  His  great  plan. — Brampton 
Rectory. 


The  skirmish  may  be  sharp,  but  it  can 
not  last  long.  The  cloud,  while  it  drops,  is 
passing  over  thy  head;  then  comes  fair 
weather,  and  an  eternal  sunshine  of  glory. 
GurnalVs  Christian  Armor. 


Casting  all  3^our  care  upon  Him, 

for  He  careth  for  you 

What  a  calm,  what  a  peace  in  the  midst  i 


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of  a  storm,  does  this  gracious  habit  of  godly 
dependence  give  to  a  man  !  Suppose,  to- 
morrow, that  you  were  expecting  something 
very  important  to  take  place,  and  a  heavy 
burden  of  care  is  the  natural  consequence 
of  so  grave  an  expectation.  You  are  calm 
and  composed;  your  mind  is  at  peace.  You 
have  done  your  best  to  meet  the  emer- 
gency, and,  as  a  Christian,  as  a  man  of  God, 
you  cast  all  your  care  upon  Him,  knowing 
assuredly  that  He  careth  for  you.  And 
there  is  really  a  to-morrow  of  importance 
to  everyone  of  us.  We  shall  have  to  un- 
loose the  bands  of  mortality.  We  shall 
have  to  take  off  our  outer  garments,  and, 
bidding  good-night  to  all  about  our  strange 
and  narrow  bed,  we  shall  have  to  lie  down 
for  the  last  time  on  earth,  and  let  death  put 
out  our  light.  Oh !  what  a  happy  thing  it 
will  be  for  Faith,  the  handmaid  of  the  Lord, 
to  sound  in  our  ear  for  the  last  time:  '^  Cast- 
ing all  your  care  upon  Him,"  and  for  us  to 
reply:  "Yes!  yes!  He  careth  for  us!"  and 
then   to  fall  asleep.  —  Sermon  hy   Rev.  J. 

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My  lifted  eye,  without  a  tear, 
The  gathering  storm  shall  soe  ; 

My  trembling  heart  shall  own  no  fear 
While  it  can  trust  in  Thee. — Anon. 


There  is  an  unseen  battle-field 

In  every  human  breast, 
Where  two  opposing  forces  meet, 

And  where  they  seldom  rest. 

That  field  is  veiled  from  mortal  sight; 

"T  is  only  seen  by  One 
Who  knows  alone  where  victory  lies, 

When  each  day's  fight  is  done. 

One  army  clusters  strong  and  fierce, 

Their  chief  of  demon  form  : 
ULs  brow  is  like  the  thunder-cloud, 

His  voice,  the  bursting  storm. 

His  Captains — Pride,  and  Lust,  and  Hate- 
Whoee  troops  watch  night  and  day, 

Swift  to  detect  the  weakest  point. 
And  thirsting  for  the  prey. 


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Contending  with  this  mighty  force, 

Ig  but  a  little  band  ; 
Yet  there,  with  an  unquailing  front, 

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Their  leader  is  of  God-like  form, 

Of  countenance  serene; 
And  glowing  on  His  loving  breast, 

A  naked  cross  is  seen. 

His  Captains — Faith,  and  Hope,  and  Love — 

Point  to  that  wondrous  sign  ; 
And  gazing  on  it,  all  receive 

Strength  from  a  source  Divine. 

They  feel  it  speaks  a  glorious  truth, 

A  truth  as  great  as  sure — 
That  to  be  victors  they  must  learn 

To  love,  confide,  endure. 

That  faith  sublime,  in  wildest  strife. 

Imparts  a  holy  calm  ; 
For  every  deadly  blow  a  shield, 

For  every  wound  a  balm. 

And  when  they  win  the  battle-field, 

Past  toil  is  quite  forgot  ; 
That  plain  where  carnage  once  had  reigned, 

Becomes  a  hallowed  spot : 

A  spot  where  flowers  of  joy  and  peace 

Spring  from  the  fertile  sod. 
And  breathe  the  perfume  of  their  praise 

On  every  breeze — to  God. — Anon. 


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:  Whatever  be  the  intensitv  of  sorrow  that 
bows  and  presses  the  heart  of  man,  remem- 
ber that,  for  every  grief  you  suffer,  the  meek 
and  Holy  One  suffered  a  thousand  —  that 
there  is  not  in  the  spirit  a  dungeon  or  recess 
of  anguish,  however  untrodden  or  lonely,  in 
which  the  Lord  of  glory  was  not  a  mourn- 
ing inhabitant  before  you.  Does  the  victim 
know  the  loss  of  earthly  comforts  ?  Christ 
knew  not  where  to  lay  his  head.  Does  he 
regret  the  fall  from  wealth  or  power  ?  Let 
him  remember  who  it  was  that  emptied 
himself  of  the  glory  which  he  had  before 
the  world  was,  and  left  the  throne  of  the 
universe  for  the  agonies  of  Calvary.  Does 
he  deplore  the  loss  of  friends?  Christ  was 
friendless  in  his  most  trying  hour.  Does 
he  bewail  the  ingratitude  of  friends?  Christ 
was  betrayed  by  his  own  familiar  one.  Fi- 
nally, does  he  fear  the  coming  of  death — the 
torture  of  the  separation  ?  What  death 
can  we  anticipate  which  shall  approach  the 
horror  of  the  last  days  of  his  Redeemer? 
Thus,  wherever  we  turn,  whatever  be  our 
shade  of  grief,  we  are  but  feeble  copyists  of 

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the  great  sufferer,  who,  in  His  own  person, 
exhausted  every  variety  of  human  sorrow. 

\_A7'cher  Butler. 


Christ  leads  me  tlirougli  no  darker  rooms 
Than  He  went  through  before; 

He  that  unto  Christ's  kingdom  comes, 
Must  enter  by  His  door. 

Come,  Lord,  when  grace  has  made  me  meet 

Thy  blessed  face  to  see; 
For  if  Thy  woi'k  on  earth  be  sweet, 

What  will  Thy  glory  be?— ^ax(er. 


My  daughter,  do  not  imagine  that  the 
work  of  your  sanctification  will  be  an  easy 
one.  Cherry-trees  bear  fruit  soon  after 
they  are  planted,  but  that  fruit  is  small  and 
perishable:  while  the  palm,  the  prince  of 
trees,  requires  a  hundred  years  before  it  i.s 
mature  enough  to  bring  forth  dates.  A 
lukewarm  degree  of  piety  may  be  acquired 
in  a  year;  but  the  perfection  to  which  we 
aspire,  oh,  my  dear  daughter,  must  be  the 


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growth  of  long  and  weary  years. 
line  Pascal. 


Jacque- 


From  strength  to  strength  go  on, 
Wrestle,  and  fight,  and  pray  ; 

Tread  all  the  powers  of  darkness  down. 
And  win  the  well-fought  day. — Hymn. 


Strive  to  realize  the  abiding  presence  of 
Christ  with  all  his  children,  and  personally 
with  yourselves.  When  you  rise  in  the 
morning,  rise  to  His  companionship.  In  the 
little  duties  of  the  day  imagine  Him  by  your 
side,  and  act  as  with  His  eye  upon  you. 
See  in  your  daily  mercies  an  evidence  of  His 
love,  and  for  those  mercies  thank  and  praise 
Him  with  your  lips  and  your  lives.  As  He 
loves  you,  so,  from  his  example,  learn  to 
love  and  labor  for  those  around  you.  You. 
as  Christians,  are  to  do  Christ's  work  in  the 
sphere  in  which  He  has  placed  you.  You 
are  to  show,  in  your  character  and  conduct, 
the  fruits  of  His  religion — gentleness,  good- 
ness, meekness,  temperance,  faith.      These 


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are  the  virtues  which,  exemplified  in  you, 
will  draw  others  to  walk  in  the  path  that  you 
are  treading;  and  with  the  desire  to  please 
Him,  you  will  find  sufficient  opportunities. 
To  the  poor,  you  may  be  as  ministers  of 
mercy ;  to  your  younger  sisters,  as  winning 
guides ;  to  your  companions  and  friends,  as 
persuasive  illustrations  of  the  beauty  of 
holiness.  Not  that  you  will  attain  to  this 
at  once.  Temptations  and  discouragements 
will  come  to  you  as  to  ever}^  one,  but  prayer 
and  perseverance  are  remedies  for  all.  The 
straight  and  narrow  way  is  no  flowery  path. 
Flowers  do  not  blossom  there  more  beauti- 
ful and  fragrant  than  any  which  the  world 
can  offer.  But  they  grow  in  the  clefts  of 
the  rocks. which  we  climb,  and  in  the  depths 
of  the  valleys  where  we  must  descend.  Yet, 
as  we  travel  on  that  road,  it  becomes  more 
easy  and  more  peaceful.  Heaven's  sun- 
shine streams  over  it,  and  heaven's  glory 
is  beyond.  And,  when  the  goal  at  last  is 
reached,  Ave  shall  regret  no  labor,  shall 
grieve  over  no  sacrifice  that  has  been  made 
for  the  sake  of  Christ,  and  that  has  gained 

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for  us  His  welcome  :  "  Well  done,  good  and 
faithful  servant." — The  Sisters  Clare  prepar- 
ing for  Confirmation. 


I  suppose  the  great  temptation  to  which 
we  are,  more  or  less,  exposed,  is  that  of 
losing  sight  of  God  in  the  ordinary  actions 
of  the  day.  It  is  hard  to  feel  that  every 
action  of  every  day  is  capable  of  being  so 
done  as  to  advance  or  hinder  our  salvation, 
and  yet  nothing  surely  can  be  more  evident. 
St.  Paul  says  that,  whether  we  eat  or  drink, 
or  whatever  we  do,  we  are  to  do  all  to  the 
glory  of  Grod,  and  in  His  name.  This,  no 
doubt,  is  a  strict  rule,  and  yet  it  is  also  one 
full  of  consolation — for  it  shows  us  how  en- 
tirely the  life  of  true  religion  is  within  the 
reach  and  power  of  every  one  of  us.  If  we 
really  traced  every  blessing  wc  received  to 
(xod,  and  at  the  same  time  referred  all  our 
trials  and  sorrows  to  Him  also,  ever  looking 
upon  him  as  tlie  one  great  Cause  of  all  that 
befalls  us,  and  regarding  man  as  his  instru- 


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ment  only,  how  mi]tch  of  sin,  ingratitude, 
and  folly  should  we  escape. —  The  Life  of 
Faith. 


When  I  can  trust  my  all  with  God, 

In  trial's  fearful  hour, 
Bow,  all  resign'd,  beneath  bis  rod, 

And  bless  his  sparing  power; 
A  joy  springs  up  amid  distress, 
A  fountain  in  the  wilderness. 

0,  to  be  brought  to  Jesus*  feet, 
Though  sorrows  fix  me  there, 

Is  still  a  privilege;  and  sweet 
The  energies  of  prayer, 

Though  sighs  and  tears  its  language  be, 

If  Christ  be  nigh  and  smile  on  me. 

0,  blessed  be  the  hand  that  gave, 

Still  blessed  when  it  takes  ; 
Blessed  be  He  who  smites  to  save, 

"Who  heals  the  heart  He  breaks ; 
Perfect  and  true  are  all  His  ways, 
Whom  heaven  adores  and  earth  obeys. 


The  work  of  our  sanctification    consists 
simply  in  receiving,  from  one  moment  to 

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another,  all  the  troubles  and  duties  of  our 
state  in  life  as  veils  under  which  God  hides 
himself,  and  gives  himself  to  us.  Every 
moment  brings  some  duty  to  be  faithfully 
performed,  and  this  is  enough  for  our  per- 
fection. The  moment  which  brings  a  duty 
to  be  performed,  or  a  trouble  to  be  borne, 
brings  also  a  message  declaring  to  us  the 
will  of  God.— T/je  Life  of  Faith. 


The  good  Christian  is  not  one  who  has  no 
inclination  to  sin  (for  we  have  all  the  seed 
of  sin  in  us);  but  who,  being  sensible  of 
such  inclinations,  denieth  them  continually, 
and  suffers  them  not  to  grow  into  evil  ac- 
tions. 

Every  day  deny  yourself  some  satisfac-  i 
tion;  your  eyes,  objects  of  mere  curiosity;  I 
your  tongue,  every  thing  that  may  feed 
vanity  or  vent  enmity;  the  palate,  dain-  ' 
ties;  the  ears,  flattery,  and  whatever  cor-  i 
rupts  the  heart;  the  body,  ease  and  luxury; 
bearing  all  the  inconveniences  of  life  for  | 
the   love   of   God  —  cold,   hunger,   restless  | 

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nights,  ill  health,  unwelcome  news,  the 
faults  of  servants,  contempt,  ingratitude  of 
friends,  malice  of  enemies,  calumnies,  our 
own  failings,  lowness  of  spirits,  the  struggle 
in  overcoming  our  corruptions  —  bearing  all 
these  with  patience  and  resignation  to  the 
will  of  God.  Do  all  this  as  unto  God,  with 
the  greatest  privacy. 

All  ways  are  indifferent  to  one  who  has 
heaven  in  his  eye,  as  a  traveller  does  not 
choose  the  pleasantest  but  the  shortest  and 
safest  way  to  his  journey's  end ;  and  that  is 
the  way  of  the  Cross  which  Jesus  Christ 
made  choice  of,  and  sanctified  it  to  His  fol- 
lowers. 

God  does  not  require  it  of  us  that  we 
should  not  feel  any  uneasiness  under  the 
Cross,  but  that  we  should  strive  to  over- 
come it  by  His  grace. — Bishop  Wilson, 


Each  cross  hath  its  inscription. — Proverb. 


Who  loves  the  cross,  and  Him  who  on  it  died, 
In  every  cloud  sees  Jesus  by  his  side. 

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Take  thou  thy  croas,  my  son  ;  nor  mayat  thou  choose; 
The  cross  I  give  is  best — do  not  refuse. 

[The  Divine  Master. 

I  woep,  but  do  not  yield ;  I  mourn,  yet  still  rebel ; 
My  inmost  soul  seems  stoel'd,  cold,  and  immovable. 
The  wound  is  sharp  and  deep;  my  spirit  bleeds  within; 
And  yet  I  lie  asleep,  and  still  I  sin,  I  sin. 

My  bruised  soul  complains  of  stripes  without,  within  ; 
I  feel  those  piercing  pains — yet  still  I  sin,  I  sin. 
O'er  me  the  low  cloud  hangs  its  weight  of  shade  and  fear ; 
Unmoved  I  pass  along,  and  still  my  sin  is  here. 

Yon  massive  mountain  peak  the  lightning  rends  at  will ; 
The  rock  can  melt  or  break — I  am  unbroken  still. 
My  sky  was  once  noon-bright,  my  day  was  calm  the  while; 
I  loved  the  pleasant  light,  the  :uushine's  happy  smile. 

I  said,  my  God,  0,  sure  this  love  will  kindle  mine ; 
Let  but  this  calm  endure,  then  all  my  heart  is  thine. 
Alas!  I  know  it  not!  the  summer  flung  its  gold 
Of  sunshine  o'er  my  lot,  and  yet  my  heart  was  cold. 

Trust  me  with  prosperous  days,  I  said,  0  spare  the  rod ; 
Thee  and  Thy  love  I  '11  praise,  my  gracious,  patient  God. 
Must  I  be  smitten,  Lord  ?     Are  gentler  measures  vain  ? 
Must  I  be  smitten.  Lord  ?     Can  nothing  save  but  pain? 

Thou  trustedst  me  awhile ;  alas  !  I  was  deceived ; 

I  revelled  in  the  smile,  yet  to  the  dust  I  cleaved. 

Then  the  fierce  tempest  broke  —  I  knew  from  whom  it 

came; 
I  read  in  that  sharp  stroke  a  Father's  hand  and  name. 


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24 

And  yet  I  did  Thee  wrong;  dark  thought?  of  Thee  came  , 

in-  I 

A  forward,  selfish  throng — and  I  allowed  the  siu  I  ; 

I  did  Thee  wrong,  my  God ;  I  wronged  Thy  truth  and  love  ,:  i 

I  fretted  at  the  rod — against  Thy  power  I  strove.  i 

i 

I  said,  my  God,  at  length,  this  stony  heart  remove;  j 

Deny  all  other  strength,  but  give  me  strength  to  love.  I 

Come  nearer,  nearer  still;  let  not  Thy  light  depart;  | 
Bend,  break  this  stubborn  will,  dissolve  this  iron  heart. 

Less  wayward  let  me  be,  more  pliable  and  mild ;  j 

In  glad  simplicity  more  like  a  trustful  child.  j 

Less,  less  of  self  each  day,  and  more,  my  God,  of  Thee;  | 

0  keep  me  in  the  way,  however  rough  it  be.  i 

I 

Less  of  the  flesh  each  day,  less  of  the  world  and  sin ; 
More  of  Thy  love,  I  pray;  more  of  Thyself  within. 
Riper  and  riper  now,  each  lu)ur,  let  me  become; 

Less  fit  for  scenes  below — more  fit  for  such  a  home.  | 

More  moulded  to  Thy  will,  Lord,  let  Thy  servant  be ; 

Higher  and  higher  still,  liker  and  liker  Thee.  | 
Leave  naught  that  is  unmeet;  of  all  that  is  mine  own 
Strip  me — ^and  so  complete  my  training  for  the  throne. 


O  adorable  Saviour!  Thou  who  wast 
once  Thyself  a  pilgrim — the  lonely,  weary, 
homeless,  afflicted  One — who  hadst  often  no 
arm  to  lean  upon,  and  no  voice  to   cheer 

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Thee — an  outcast  wanderer  and  sojourner 
in  Thine  own  creation — I  rejoice  to  think 
that  Tliou  hast  trodden  all  this  wilderness- 
world  before  me — that  Thou  knowest  its 
dreariest  paths.  I  take  comfort  in  the  assur- 
ance that  there  is,  at  the  right  hand  of  the 
Majesty  on  high,  a  fellow-sufferer  who  has 
drunk  of  every  "brook  by  the  way" — shed 
every  tear  of  earthly  sorrow — heaved  every 
sigh  of  earthly  suffering — and  who,  being 
himself  the  "tried  and  tempted  One,"  is 
able  and  willing  to  succor  every  pilgrim 
who  is  tried  and  tempted,  too. — The  Morn- 
ing  Watches. 

The  night  is  dark — behold  the  shade  was  deeper 

In  the  still  garden  of  Gcthsemanc, 
When  that  calm  voice  awoke  the  weary  sleeper, 

"  Couldst  thou  not  watch  one  hour  alone  with  me  ?" 

0  thou  so  weary  of  thy  self-denials, 

And  so  impatient  of  thy  little  cross, 
Is  it  so  hard  to  bear  thy  daily  trials. 

To  count  all  earthly  things  a  gainful  loss  ? 

What  if  thou  always  suflfer'st  tribulation, 
What  if  thy  Christian  warfare  never  cease  ? 

The  gaining  of  the  quiet  habitation 
Shall  gather  thee  to  everlasting  peace. 


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Here  are  we  all  to  suffer,  walking  lonely 
The  path  that  Jeeus  once  Himself  hath  gone; 

Watch  thou  this  hour  in  trustful  patience  only — 
This  one  dark  hour  before  the  eternal  dawn. 

And  He  will  come  in  His  own  time  from  heaven, 
To  set  His  earnest-hearted  children  free ; 

Watch  only  through  this  dark  and  painful  even. 
And  the  bright  morning  yet  will  break  for  thee. 


Nearer,  my  God,  to  Thee ! 

Nearer  to  Thee ! 
E'en  though  it  be  a  cross 

That  raiseth  me ; 
Still  all  my  song  shall  be, 
Nearer,  my  God,  to  Thee, 

Nearer  to  Thee. 


Eternity  !  Eternity ! 

How  long  art  thou.  Eternity  ! 

Who  thinks  on  thee,  to  God  will  say, 

Here  strike,  here  wound,  here  judge,  here  slay, 

Here  let  stern  justice  have  her  way — 

Spare  only  in  that  endless  day  ! 


Full  of  trembling  expectation, 

Feeling  much,  and  dreading  more, 

Mighty  Lord  of  mj  salvation, 
I  Thy  timely  aid  implore; 


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By  Thy  suffering,  0  be  near  me, 
All  my  sufferings  to  sustain  ; 

By  Thy  sorer  griefs  to  cheer  me, 
By  Thy  more  than  mortal  pain. 

Call  to  mind  that  unknown  anguish, 

In  the  days  of  flesh  below ; 
When  Thy  troubled  soul  did  languish, 

Under  a  whole  world  of  woe. 
"When  Thou  didst  our  curse  inherit, 

Groan  beneath  our  guilty  load, 
Burden'd  with  a  wounded  spirit, 

Bruised  beneath  the  hand  of  God. 

By  Thy  dread,  unknown  temptation, 

In  that  dark,  satanic  hour; 
By  Thy  last,  mysterious  passion, 

Screen  me  from  the  tempter's  power ; 
By  Thy  fainting  in  the  garden. 

By  Thy  bloody  sweat,  I  pray, 
Write  upon  my  heart  Thy  pardon, 

Take  my  sins  and  fears  away. 

By  the  travail  of  Thy  spirit, 

By  Thine  outcry  on  the  tree, 
By  Thine  agonizing  merit, 

In  my  pangs  remember  me ! 
By  Thy  precious  death  assuring. 

My  poor  dying  soul  befriend, 
And  with  patience,  all  enduring, 

Make  me  faithful  to  the  end. 


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"  Eedeeming  the  Time." 

Lieutenant-Colonel  Keuben  Fletcher  Har- 
vey (2d  Arkansas  regiment)  was  among  the 
first  to  welcome  me  on  my  late  mission  to 
the  army,  and  did  more  than  any  other  to 
encourage  the  work  which  I  had  in  hand. 
He  could  find  enough,  and  more  than  enough, 
to  exhaust  his  whole  thought  and  attention 
in  the  duties  of  his  station,  and  yet  so  cir- 
cumspect was  his  walk,  so  consistent  his 
example,  so  reverent  his  interest  in  the  wor- 
ship of  God,  and  so  earnest  his  efforts  to 
promote  the  growth  of  virtue  and  holiness 
in  all  about  him,  that  he  seemed  to  be 
wholly  occupied  in  "redeeming  the  time/' 
At  his  own  urgent  request,  and  as  a  prepar- 
ation for  the  terrible  battle  which  was  then 
in  prospect,*  he  was  admitted  to  the  holy 
communion  on  the  first  Sunday  in  Septem- 
ber. During  the  fearful  fight  which  fol- 
lowed he  was  conspicuous  for  his  proud  and 
gallant  carriage,  freely  exposing  himself  to 
the  fiercest  rage  of  the  battle;  but  he  moved 

*  Chickamauga. 
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29  I 

I 

unharmed  through  all,  and  seemed  preserved 
for  still  farther  work  on  earth.  God,  how- 
ever, needed  him  in  a  higher  ministry;  and 
a  casual  illness,  aggravated  and  rendered 
fatal  by  his  lofty,  self-  forgetful  sense  of 
duty,  was  the  chosen  instrument  of  his 
removal  to  a  higher  and  better  world. 

The  next,  Jacob  Kirby  Brown,  5th  Geor- 
gia regiment,  was  one  of  ourselves — a  child 
of  the  Church  by  birth  and  baptism.  Amid 
the  genial  influences  of  home-life  his  better 
feelings  were  encouraged  and  his  principles 
matured,  and  in  the  rite  of  confirmation  he 
cheerfully  owned  his  allegiance  to  the  cause 
of  Christ.  His  mild  and  amiable  temper, 
his  correct  deportment,  and  his  generous 
patriotism,  all  imjilied  that  he  had  caught 
the  very  spirit  of  the  Church,  and  was  be- 
coming skilled  in  the  rare  accomplishment 
of  wisely  "redeeming  the  time."  To  such 
an  one  the  place  and  mode  of  his  promotion 
to  an  higher  life  could  matter  little 3  but 
God  vouchsafed  him  what  men  call  a  glori- 
ous and  honored  departure.  While  nobly 
fighting  to  save  from  sacrilege  and  invasion 

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30 

the  altar  where  he  was  wont  to  worship, 
and  the  home  in  which  he  was  surrounded 
with  so  much  purity  and  love,  he  fell  un- 
wai'ned,  and  yielded  up  his  spirit  without  a 
struggle  and  without  a  pang. 

The  last,  Lieutenant  James  Henry  Fos- 
ter*, likewise  a  youth,  was  known  and  loved 
by  many  among  you.  His  history,  after  his 
birth,  begins  where  every  child's  history 
should  begin,  by  the  record  of  his  baptism 
upon  the  register  of  his  parish  church.  At 
a  time  when  most  young  men  think^only  of 
things  fleeting  and  temporal,  and  take  their 
tone  from  surrounding  objects,  he  began  to 
'^redeem  the  time''  by  openly  ratifying  his 
baptismal  vows,  and  accepting  the  place 
and  portion  of  a  child  at  his  '^Father's  festal 
board."  Upon  the  first  approach  of  war 
he  determined  to  exchange  the  peaceful  sur- 
roundings of  student-life  for  the  din,  and 
bustle,  and  danger  of  the  tented  field.  It 
would  postpone,  if  not  prevent,  the  settled 
purpose  of  his  heart;  it  would  separate  him 
from  a  dear  and  delightful  home;  but,  hav- 

*  Yancey's  battalion  sharp-shooters. 

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31 

ing  formed  the  resolution,  he  never  faltered. 
And,  what  chiefly  concerns  us  now,  he  was 
enabled  to  maintain  his  interest  in  the  cross, 
and  preserve  unbroken  his  Christian  integ- 
rity, despite  the  dangers  and  temptations 
by  which  his  pathway  was  beset.  After  he 
had  bravely  led  his  men  in  several  attacks 
upon  the  foe,  he  fell,  mortally  wounded,  in 
the  act  of  encouraging  another  and  more 
effective  charge.  He  had  already  learned 
to  do  and  dare  for  his  country  and  his  God. 
He  was  now,  as  the  crowning  act  of  his 
earthl;^iscipline,  required  to  suffer  and  to 
wait.  For  a  time  the  issue  was  doubtful. 
It  was  trying  to  a  strong  and  active  spirit, 
instinct  with  the  hopes  of  ripening  man- 
hood, but  he  bore  it  all  with  meek  submis- 
sion. He  would  have  desired  to  recover 
health  and  soundness;  would  fain  perform  a 
soldier's  duty  till  his  country  should  be  free; 
would  fain  become  a  credit  and  protection 
in  after  years  to  the  widowed  mother  who 
had  so  kindly  and  wisely  guided  his  steps 
in  childhood.  But  God  willed  otherwise — 
and  what  He  willed  was  best  for  all.    It  was 

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32 

only  left  for  the  Christian  soldier  meekly  to 
bow  his  head  ujDon  his  breast,  speak  a  calm 
farewell  to  those  about  him,  and  send  a 
message,  full  of  tenderness  and  pious  coun- 
sel, to  many  a  valued  absent  friend.  This 
done,  he  quietly  passed  away,  and  entered 
the  dark  river  wearing  the  serene  and 
placid  brow  of  a  sleeping  child.  He  has 
prudently  '' redeemed  the  time,"  exchang- 
ing the  evil  of  its  days  for  the  happy  years 
of  eternity.  He  has  crossed  the  threshold 
of  a  divine  and  heavenly  life.  He  awaits  in 
Paradise  the  final  welcome:  '-Enter  thou 
into  the  joy  of  thy  Lord." 

In  the  face  of  such  bright  examjiles  as 
these,  and  with  our  present  access  to  all  the 
means  of  grace  and  helps  to  holiness  dis- 
pensed in  the  Church  of  Christ,  let  no  one 
here  complain,  however  evil  be  the  days 
now  passing,  that  he  lacks  ability  to  "  walk 
circumspectly,  redeeming  the  time." — Ser- 
mon— Eei^.  W.  H.  Clarke. 


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Liaten!  it  is  no  dream;  tho  Apostle's  trump 
Gives  earnest  of  th'  Archangel's;  calmly  now 

Our  hearts  yet  beating  high 

To  that  victorious  lay. 

Most  like  a  warrior's  to  the  mournful  dirge 
Of  a  true  comrade,  in  the  grave  we  trust 

Our  treasure  for  a  while; 

And  if  a  tear  steal  down, 

If  human  anguish  o'er  the  shaded  brow 

Pass  shuddering,  when  the  handful  of  pure  earth 

Touches  the  cotfin  lid  ; 

If,  at  our  brother's  name, 

Once  and  again  the  thought,  "for  ever  gone," 
Come  o'er  us  like  a  cloud ;  yet,  gentle  spright, 
Thou  turnest  not  away, 
Thou  knowest  us  C3,lm  at  heart. 

One  look,  and  we  have  seen  our  last  of  thee. 
Till  we,  too,  sleep,  and  our  long  sleep  be  o'er ; 

0  cleanse  us,  ere  we  view 

That  countenance  pure  again. 

Thou,  who  canst  change  the  heart,  and  raise  the  dead, 
As  Thou  art  by  to  soothe  our  parting  hour, 
Be  ready  when  we  meet. 
With  Thy  dear  pardoning  words. 

[^Lyra  Apoetolicei. 


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34 

A  great  sorrow  recasts  a  soul;  it  either 
draws  it  nearer  to  the  friend  whose  inti- 
macy must  elevate  it,  or  drives  it  into  the 
far  cold  S2:)ace  of  rebellion  and  despair. 

ILife  Work. 


0  Thou  who  know'st  our  secret  frame, 

And  every  inmost  grief, 
In  Thee  I  leave  that  long-lov'd  name, 

And  find  in  Thee  relief. 

[Thoughts  171  Past  Years. 


Servant  of  God,  well  done ; 

Go  forth  from  earth's  employ  ; 
The  battle  fought,  the  victory  won. 

Enter  thy  Master's  joy. 

The  voice  at  midnight  came, 

He  started  up  to  hear; 
A  mortal  arrow  pierced  his  frame, 

He  fell — but  felt  no  fear. 
t 
His  sword  was  in  his  hand, 

Still  warm  with  recent  fight, 
Ready  that  moment,  at  command, 

Through  rock  end  steel  to  smite. 

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35 

Oft  with  its  fiery  force 

His  arm  had  quelled  the  foe, 
And  laid,  resistless,  in  his  course, 

The  alien  armies  low. 

Bent  on  such  glorious  toils. 

The  world  to  him  was  loss ; 
Yet  all  his  trophies,  all  his  spoils, 

He  hung  upon  the  cross. 

At  midnight  came  the  cry, 

"  To  meet  thy  God  prepare  !" 
He  woke,  and  caught  his  Captain's  eye ; 

Then  strong  in  faith  and  prayer. 

His  spirit,  with  a  bound. 

Left  its  encumbering  clay; 
His  teut,  at  sunrise,  on  the  ground 

A  darkened  ruin  lay. 

The  pains  of  death  are  past. 

Labor  and  sorrow  cease  ; 
And  life's  rough  warfare  closed  at  last, 

His  soul  is  found  in  peace. 

Soldier  of  Christ,  well  done ! 

Praise  be  thy  new  employ  ; 
And  while  eternal  ages  run, 

Rest  in  thy  Saviour's  joy. — Mont'jomery. 


The  Happiness  of  a  Glorified  Spirit. 
Would  you  know  where  I  am  ?     I  am  at 
home  in  my  Father's  house,  in  the  mansion 

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36 

prepared  for  me  there.  I  am  where  I  would 
be,  where  I  have  long  and  often  desired  to 
be ;  no  longer  on  a  stormy  sea,  but  in  a  safe 
and  quiet  harbor.  My  working  time  is 
done,  I  am  resting;  my  sowing  time  is  done, 
I  am  reaping;  my  joy  is  as  the  joy  of  har- 
vest. Would  you  know  how  it  is  with 
mc  ?  I  am  made  perfect  in  holiness  ;  grace 
is  swallowed  up  in  glory;  the  top-stone  of 
the  building  is  brought  forth.  Would  you 
know  what  I  am  doing?  I  see  God;  I  see 
him  as  he  is;  not  as  through  a  glass  darkly, 
but  face  to  face ;  and  the  sight  is  transform- 
ing, it  nKikes  me  like  Him.,  I  am  in  the 
sweet  emploj-ment  of  my  blessed  Eedeemer, 
my  head  husband,  whom  my  soul  loved,  and 
for  whose  sake  I  was  willing  to  part  with 
all.  I  am  here  bathing  mysfelf  at  the  spring- 
head of  heavenly  pleasures  and  joys  unut- 
terable; and,  therefore,  weep  not  for  me.  I 
am  here  keeping  a  perpetual  Sabbath;  what 
that  is,  judge  by  your  short  Sabbath.  I  am 
here  singing  hallelujahs  incessantly  to  Him 
who  sits  upon  the  throne,  and  rest  not  day  j 
or  night  from  praising  Him.     Would  you  ' 

^ ^ 


!  ^7  ! 

1  ! 

I  know  what  company  I  have?  Blessed  com- 
!  pany — better  than  the  best  on  earth;  here 
;  are  holy  angels,  and  the  spirits  of  just  men 
:  made  perfect.  1  am  set  down  with  Abra- 
I  ham,  and  Isaac,  and  Jacob,  in  the  kingdom 
I  of  God ;  with  blessed  Paul,  and  Peter,  and 
[  James,  and  John,  and  all  the  saints;  and 
j  here  I  meet  with  many  old  acquaintances 
I  that  I  fasted  and  prayed  with,  who  got 
I  before  me  hither.  And,  lastly,  would  you 
i  consider  how  lon<^  this  is  to  continue  ?  It 
i  is  a  garland  that  never  withers;  a  crown  of 
i  glor}^  that  fades  not  away;  after  millions  of 
!  millions  of  ages,  it  will  be  as  fresh  aa  it  is 
now;  and,  therefore,  weep  not  for  me. — Mat- 
thew Henry. 


'T  is  good  that  we  should  walk  alone, 

That  wo  may  so  the  readier  own 

The  surer  strength,  our  only  stay 

Along  that  shadowy  way, 

Which  each  alone  uiuet  tread; 

And  o'er  our  path  while  sober  even 

Brings  down  the  skies  above  our  head, 

May  build  the  nobler  hope  that  we  may  meet  in  heaven. 


!)-- 


[Thovghta  in  Paat  Years.        j 

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<e 


Dear  words!  still  let  me  read  you  o'er, 
And  on  each  heavenlj'  accent  pore ; 
'  Come  unto  me,"  ye  grief-opprest' ! 
Dear  words,  on  you  I  rest,- 
Henceforth,  I  bow  unto  thy  chastening  rod. 
And  turn  to  thy  dread  cross,  my  Saviour  and  my  God. 
[^Thoughts  in  Past  Years. 


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Op M 


He  ie  his  country's  friend 
Who  cleanses  his  own  heart  from  secret  ill. 


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40 

St.  Luke  XV,  17-24. — Let  us  observe  the 
several  degrees  of  a  sinner's  convoraion  and 
penitence.  The  first  is,  that  he  knows  his 
miseiy  and  the  corruption  of  his  own  heart; 
the  second  is,  that  he  resolves  to  forsake  sin 
and  the  occasion  thereof.  A  man  can  not 
forsake  them  both  too  soon.  The  third  de- 
gree is,  when  a  sinner  turns  toward  God, 
looks  upon  him  as  a  father,  entertains  a 
desire  to  return  to  him,  takes  a  resolution 
of  doing  it,  and  is  convinced  that  he  must 
not  delay  it.  The  fourth  is,  his  making  a 
confession  of  his  sin,  and  beginning  that 
confession  by  a  name  of  love,  ^'my  Father;" 
because  the  love  of  God  is  the  foundation  of 
all  true  repentance.  The  chief  motive  to 
the  hatred  of  sin  is  because  it  is  contrary  to 
the  goodness  of  God,  and  because  lie,  who 
is  the  best  of  all  fathers,  is  offended  thereby. 
The  fifth  is,  his  humblino-  himself  as  beinfj 
altogether  unworthy  of  the  grace  and  mercy 
of  God.  It  is  love,  and  the  spirit  of  adop- 
tion, which  give  us  a  right  to  call  God  our 
Father.  The  acknowledgment  of  our  own 
unworthiness  is  an  acceptance  of  the  humil- 

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41 

iation  whicli  is  due  to  the  sinner.  God 
pours  into  the  heart  of  true  penitents  so 
much  comfort  and  delight  as  inspires  them 
with  a  holy  confidence  of  the  pardon  of 
their  sins  and  of  reconciliation. 

In  the  next  place,  the  sinner  openly  owns 
his  sin,  and  bears  the  shame  of  his  ingrati- 
tude. The  more  a  penitent  humbles  him- 
self, the  higher  does  God  raise  him,  and 
heap  upon  him  greater  benefits.  To  the 
grace  of  reconciliation,  God  adds  abundance 
of  other  graces,  with  which  lie  covers  the 
nakedness  of  a  converted  sinner,  clothing 
him  with  Jesus  Christ,  His  righteousness, 
His  merits,  His  virtues.  He  seals  this  new 
covenant  with  a  lively  impression  of  His 
Spirit,  which  is  the  seal  of  adoption,  a  pledge 
of  the  inheritance  in  heaven,  and  an  earnest 
of  the  eternal  promises.  He  gives  him  such 
graces  and  assistances  as  enable  him  to 
walk  in  the  wsky  of  His  commandments, 
and  in  the  practice  of  good  works.  He 
must  not  live  either  to  the  world,  or  to  sin, 
which  gave  him  death,  or  to  himself;  but 
he  must  live  to  Him  who  was  made  man  on 

^^ ^ 


i  42 

purpose  to  seek  him,  and  who  died  to  raise 
him  to  life.  Let  his  life,  therefore,  be  one 
continued  act  of  thanksgiving. — Quesnel. 


"  I  am  not  good  enough ;  I  feel  so  un- 
worthy.'' Eemember  that  a  sense  of  un- 
worthiness  is  the  first  thing  that  makes  us 
worthy  in  the  sight  of  God.  "  The  publi- 
can standing  afar  oif,  would  not  so  much  as 
lift  up  his  eyes  to  heaven,  but  smote  upon 
his  breast,  saying,  God  be  merciful  to  me,  a 
sinner."  Think  over  the  story  of  the  prodi- 
gal son.  When  he  "came  to  himself,"  his 
only  plea  was  his  un worthiness;  for  he  said, 
<'  I  will  arise  and  go  to  my  father,  and  will 
sa}^  to  him.  Father,  I  have  sinned  against 
heaven,  and  before  thee,  and  am  no  more 
worthy  to  be  called  thy  son:  make  me  as 
one  of  thy  hired  servants." 


In  my  hand  no  price  I  bring, 
Simply  to  Thy  cross  I  cling. 


^ 4 


43 

Him  that  cometh  unto  me  I  will  in  no- 
wise cast  out. 


Just  as  I  am — without  one  plea, 
But  that  thy  blood  was  shed  for  me, 
And  that  thou  bid'st  me  come  to  thee, 

0  Lamb  of  God,  I  come. 

Just  as  I  am — and  waiting  not    > 
To  rid  my  soul  of  one  dark  blot — 
•To  Thee  whose  blood  can  cleanse  such  spot, 

0  Lamb  of  God,  I  come. 

Just  as  I  am — though  tossed  about 
With  many  a  conflict,  many  a  doubt. 
With  fears  within,  and  foes  without — 

0  Lamb  of  God,  I  come. 

Just  as  I  am — poor,  wretched,  blind — 
Sight,  riches,  healing  of  the  mind, 
Yea,  all  I  need,  in  thee  to  find, 

0  Lamb  of  God,  I  come. 

Just  as  I  am — thou  wilt  receive, 

Wilt  welcome,  pardon,  cleanse,  relieve : 

Because  thy  promise  I  believe — 

0  Lamb  of  God,  I  come. 

Just  as  J  am — thy  love  unknown 
Has  broken  every  barrier  down  : 
Now  to  be  thine,  yea,  thine  alone, 

0  Lamb  of  God,  I  come. 

[Charlotte  Elliott. 


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44 

Now,  when  they  heard  this,  they  were 
pricked  in  their  heart,  and  said  unto  Peter 
and  to  tlie  rest  of  the  apostles  :  Men  and 
brethren,  what  shall  we  do? 

Then  Peter  said  unto  them,  repent  and 
be  baptized  every  one  of  you,  in  the  name  of 
Jesus  Christ,  for  the  remission  of  sins,  and 
ye  shall  receive  the  gift  of  the  Holy  Ghost. 

For  the  promise  is  unto  you,  and  to  your 
children,  and  to  all  that  are  afar  off,  even  as 
many  as  the  Lord  our  God  shall  call. 

[Acts  u,  37-39. 


And  now  why  tarriest  thou  ?  Arise,  and 
be  baptized  and  wash  away  thy  sins,  calling 
on  the  name  of  the  Lord. — Acts  xxii,  IG. 


As  many  of  you  as  have  been  baptized 
into  Christ  have  put  on  Christ. 


There  is  a  si^u  upon  my  brow, 

The  sign  of  suffering  love — 
Upon  me  rests  a  sacred  vow, 

'T  is  register^  above  ; 

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45  I 


And  should  my  faithless  heart  repine, 

At  grief  and  suffering  now, 
Then  I  will  think  upon  that  sign, 

And  that  baptismal  vow; 

And  it  shall  stir  His  strength  within, 

Whose  name  is  named  on  mc, 
Through  whom  the  victory  I  may  win, 

And  more  than  conqueror  be  ; 
And  I  will  go  and  kneel  apart, 

And  clasp  my  hands  in  prayer, 
Until  Tie  nerve  my  coward  heart, 

The  daily  cross  to  bear. 

The  swift  may  stumble  in  the  race, 

The  strong  in  battle  fail, 
But  they  who  ever  seek  Thy  face 

Shall  in  Thy  might  prevail. 
And,  oh  !  when  on  each  brow  shall  shine, 

Thy  gift  a  fadeless  crown, 
What  joy  to  own  the  glory  Thine, 

And  lowly  cast  it  down  ! 


God  can  affix  and  join  His  blessings  and 
helps  to  whatever  He  pleases.  By  His  ap- 
pointment the  common  waters  of  Jordan 
healed  ]N'aaman,  the  Syrian.  By  His  ap- 
pointment a  brazen  serpent  healed  all  those 
that  were  bitten,  only  b}^  lookiiig  upon  it 

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46 

with  faith  in  God's  commandments.  By 
the  very  sliadow  of  St.  Peter  many,  we  are 
assured,  were  healed  of  their  diseases. 


And  here  {St.  Mark  vi,  56)  as  many  as 
touched  our  Saviour's  garments  were  made 
whole. 

And  it  is  thus  that  the  two  sacraments 
became  means  of  salvation  to  all  such  as 
receive  them. 

The  w^ater  in  baptism,  with  the  blessing 
and  grace  of  God,  has  power  in  it  to  cleanse 
us  from  our  sins. 

And  the  bread  in  the  Lord's  Supper  being 
set  apart  and  blessed,  becometh  that  bread 
that  nourisheth  to  eternal  life.  —  Bishop 
Wilso7i. 


Soldiers  of  Christ,  arise  ! 

And  put  your  armor  on, 
Strong  in  the  strength  which  God  supplies, 

Through  His  eternal  Son. 

Strong  in  the  Lord  of  hosts, 

And  in  His  mighty  power; 
Who  in  the  strength  of  Jesus  trusts, 

Is  more  than  conqueror. 

3^  c^ 


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47 

Stand  then  in  His  great  might. 

With  all  His  strength  endued ; 
And  take,  to  arm  you  for  the  fight, 

The  panoply  of  God. 

That  having  all  things  done, 

And  all  your  conflicts  past, 
Ye  may  behold  your  victory  won, 

And  stand  complete  at  last. — Hymn. 


Thy  VOWS  are  upon  me,  O  God. 
will  render  praises 
unto  Thee. 


Confirmation  ;  or  the  Laying  on  of  Hands. 

0  happy  day  that  stays  my  choice 
On  Thee,  my  Saviour  and  my  God; 

Well  may  this  glowing  heart  rejoice. 

And  tell  Thy  goodness  all  abroad. — Hymn. 

Now  when  the  apostles  which  were  at 
Jerusalem  heard  that  Samaria  had  received 
the  word  of  God,  they  sent  unto  them  Peter 
and  John,  who,  when  they  were  come  down, 
prayed  for  them  that  they  might  reeeive 
the  Holy  Ghost; 

For  as  yet  He  was  fallen  upon  none  of 

^ * 


^ ■ ^ 

48 

them :  only  they  were  baptized  in  the  name 
of  the  Lord  Jesus. 

Then  laid  they  their  hands  on  them,  and 
they  received  the  Holy  Ghost. 

[^Acts  viii,  14-17. 


Draw,  Holy  Ghost,  Thy  sevenfold  reil 
Btstween  us  and  the  fires  of  youth; 

Breathe,  Holy  Ghost,  Thy  freshening  gale, 
Our  fevered  brow  in  age  to  soothe. 

And  oft  as  sin  and  sorrow  tire, 
The  hallow'd  hour  do  Thou  renew, 

When  beckon'd  up  the  awful  choir 

By  pastoral  hand,  toward  Thee  we  drew; 

When,  trembling  at  the  sacred  rail, 
We  hid  our  eyes  and  held  our  breath, 

Felt  Thee  how  strong,  our  hearts  how  frail. 
And  longed  to  own  Thee  to  the  death. 

For  over  on  our  souls  be  trac'd 

That  blessing  dear,  that  dove-like  hand, 
A  sheltering  rock  in  memory's  waste, 

O'ershadowing  all  the  weary  land. 


»>  — — A 


S5^- 


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Turn 

you   to   the 

STEONGHOLB, 

YE 

Prisoners    of    Hope. 

IZech.  ix,  i: 


3- 


4 


50 

Though  the  bolts  are  not  drawn  across 
the  door;  though  your  windows  are  not 
barred,  yet  what  bolts  or  bars  could  hold 
you  faster  than  your  sickness.  Your  house 
is  your  prison,  or  your  room  in  the  hospital 
is  a  cell  in  the  prison ;  and  you  yourself  are 
a  prisoner  of  G-od.  Now,  in  order  to  profit 
by  your  imprisonment,  consider  first  this 
one  great  truth,  which  is  revealed  to  your 
senses  in  this  your  sickness.  You  are  not 
your  own,  but  God's.  As  long  as  you  were 
well,  you  may  have  felt  yourself  to  be  your 
own ;  you  may  have  gone  where  you  liked, 
and  done  what  you  liked;  but  now  you 
must  needs  feel  that  you  are  not  your  own; 
you  have  no  power  over  yourself;  you  are 
in  God's  hands,  and  you  can  not  resist  Him; 
you  are  His  altogether;  your  body  is  His, 
and  your  soul  is  His ;  you  are  a  witness  to 
yourself  of  God's  power.  He  is  Lord  in- 
deed; you  are  not  your  own.  Well,  then,  if 
you  are  His,  He  can  do  with  you  what  He 
likes ;  He  is  now  doing  what  He  likes ;  He 
likes  at  present  to  make  you  sick,  to  cause 
you  to  suffer,  to  give  you  a  cup  of  trem- 

^ ^ 


p c^ 

51 

blingi  He  is  not  consulting  your  likings,  or 
your  pleasure;  He  is  going  against  your 
likings,  and  He  has  bis  way.  He  is  now 
teaching  you  what  you  have  so  frequently 
forgotten — first,  that  you  belong  entirely  to 
Him;  next,  that  you  contain  in  yourself  great 
power  and  capacity  of  suffering,  which,  by 
His  Almighty  power,  might  be  heightened 
and  lengthened  in  another  world  beyond 
all  our  powers  of  concejotion. 

But  there  is  wonderful  love  in  this  teach- 
ing. Had  he  given  you  over,  had  He  ceased 
to  care  for  you,  had  He  felt  no  love  toward 
your  soul,  He  would  have  left  you  to  drift 
on  to  destruction.  He  would  not  have 
taught  you  any  lesson  in  godliness;  He 
would  have  let  you  take  your  own  way,  and 
then  taken  vengeance  if  you  went  wrong. 
But  because  He  wishes  you  well,  He  has 
laid  you  upon  your  bed  that  He  might  plead 
with  you  by  His  spirit.  He  has  taken  you 
by  force  from  the  cares,  the  trials,  and 
pleasures  of  the  world  in  which  you  were 
too  much  entangled,  that  He  might  speak 
!  to  your  soul,  and  argue  with  you  for  good. 

^ A 


I  52 

I  He  has  made  time  for  you  to  think,  because 
I  you  would  not  make  time  for  yourself.  He 
gives  you  pain  to  humble  you,  and  to  con- 
vince you  of  sin,  and  to  make  jo\i  feel  the 
terrors  of  the  Lord.  Everything  is  pre- 
pared for  you  that  you  may  think;  your 
heart  is  softened,  now  that  the  world  is 
removed  from  you;  your  conscience  is  not 
deafened  by  the  noises  of  the  world,  nor 
clamored  down ;  it  can  make  itself  heard 
now;  now  that  the  noise  of  the  battle  is 
hushed,  the  "  still  small  voice "  can  be 
heard;  you  are,  somehow  or  other,  you 
know  not  how,  in  a*  more  solemn  and  serious 
mood,  and  incline  more  to  the  things  of 
Grod.  Yes,  you  are  under  the  blessed  dis- 
cipline of  the  cross.  The  cross  is  laid  on 
you ;  mercy  has  j^ut  this  burden  on  your 
flesh ;  your  Saviour  comes  to  you  in  suffer- 
ing; He  who  once  suffered  in  the  flesh  comes 
to  sufferers;  He  draws  near  to  the  sick. 
His  Holy  Spirit  is  in  sick-rooms ;  sickness 
is  the  soul's  medicine — bitter,  yet  yielding 
sweetness.  He  would  not  destroy  you,  for 
He  has  died  for  you.     He  would  not  cast 

^ c 


53 

that  body  into  hell,  as  it  is  His  twice  over — 
once  by  creation,  again  by  redemption.  He 
desires  to  save  it;  therefore,  He  makes  it 
sick. 

Look,  then,  in  this  way  upon  your  sick- 
ness; receive  it  as  you  would  receive  an 
angel ;  take  it  as  medicine  for  the  soul  from 
the  hand  of  the  Lord.  But  if  you  desire  to 
make  your  illness  fulfil  its  end,  let  me  give 
you  this  counsel,  which  may  help  you  to 
turn  it  to  good  account. 

Examine  yourself  strictly ;  sit  as  a  judge 
on  your  whole  past  life,  beginning  with  your 
youth,  and  tracing  the  stream  up  to  the  pres- 
ent hour.  Search  and  try  your  ways,  and 
call  them  to  remembrance;  so  shall  you  be 
the  better  able  to  turn  away  from  sin  to  the 
testimonies  of  the  Lord.  Do  this  not  light- 
ly, but  reverently  and  soberly,  as  in  the 
presence  of  the  great  Judge  of  heaven  and 
earth,  before  whose  dread  tribunal  you  must 
certainly  ai>pear  at  the  day  of  judgment  to 
give  an  account  of  all  your  actions. 

Examine  your  life  and  conversation  by  the 
rule  of  God's  commandments,  and  wherein- 

■^ ■ 


^ ^ ^ 

54  ! 

! 

soever  you  shall  perceive  yourself  to  have 
offended,  either  by  will,  word,  or  deed,  there 
to  bewail  your  own  sinfulness,  and  to  con- 
fess j'ourself  to  Almighty  God  with  full  pur- 
pose of  amendment  of  life;  and  if  you  shall 
perceive  your  offences  to  be  such  as  are  not 
only  against  God,  but  also  against  your 
neighbors,  then  you  shall  reconcile  yourself 
unto  them — being  ready  to  make  restitution 
and  satisfaction,  according  to  the  uttermost 
of  3'Our  powers,  for  all  injuries  and  wrongs 
done  by  you  to  any  other,  and  being  like- 
wise ready  to  forgive  others  who  have  of- 
fended you,  as  you  would  have  forgiveness 
of  your  offences  at  God's  hand. 

Endeavor,  at  once,  to  bring  forth  fruits  of 
repentance.  You  may  say,  ''  What  can  I  do 
while  I  lie  on  a  sick-bed  ?"  You  may  do 
much.  Lie  there,  for  instance,  without  re- 
pining or  murmuring ;  bear  pain  patiently; 
be  meek  and  unconii^laining  ;  be  not  selfish 
nor  irritable  ;  be  gentle  and  considerate 
toward  those  who  watch  you,  and  wait  on 
you;  be  thankful  for  all  kind  services  of 
friends  or  attendants.     This  is  one  way  in 

, : 4 


* — ■ ^ 

55 

which  you  can  bring  forth  the  fruit  of  re- 
pentance. There  are  trials  of  patience,  and 
of  temper,  and  of  endurance  of  pain  on  your 
sick-bed.  Take  your  pain  and  your  con- 
finement to  bed,  and  your  long  days  and 
restless  nights  as  punishments  which  you 
deserve;  take  them  meekly  and  thankfully, 
as  from  the  Lord's  hand.  This  is  one  way 
in  which  you  can  show  your  sorrow  for  sin. 

Of  course,  that  is  not  to  be  called  repent- 
ance which  is  not  followed  by  an  altered  life; 
but  you  can  show  the  beginning  of  an  alter- 
ed life  while  joii  lie  upon  your  bed.  If  you 
have  been  worldly,  you  can  try  to  be  un- 
worldly ;  if  you  have  been  selfish,  you  can 
try  to  be  unselfish  ;  if  you  have  been  proud, 
you  can  try  to  be  meek  ;  if  you  have  neglect- 
ed to  pray,  you  can  learn  to  pray ;  if  you 
have  any  quarrels,  you  can  send  and  make 
up  the  quarrels;  if  you  have  done  wrong  to 
any  one,  you  can  confess,  and  ask  forgive- 
ness. 

It  is  very  profitable  to  meditate  upon  the 
sufi'erings  and  passion  of  Christ  when  we 
are  in  pain,  for  we  shall  get  deeper  views  of 

^ — — ^ 


^ ^ 

56 

our  own  sinfulness,  and  of  His  unspeakable 
love  who  chose  those  suiferings— who  will- 
ingly took  them  upon  Hira,  who  had  it  in 
His  power  to  refuse,  the  suffering.  We  also 
learn  patience  under  our  pains,  by  His  ex- 
ample of  patience ;  and  it  gives  us  comfort 
to  think  that  our  Lord,  by  His  human  suf- 
fering, is  brought  near  to  uiT,  and,  having 
experienced  what  we  feel,  is  "  touched  with 
a  feeling  of  our  infirmities,"  and  enters  into 
our  sorrows.  In  His  pains,  we  have  a  pledge 
that  He  will  pity  and  succor  us  in  ours. 

Resign  yourself  at  once  into  the  hands  of 
God,  seeking  in  all  ways  to  be  at  peace  with 
Him — that,  whether  you  live,  j^ou  may  live 
unto  the  Lord  ;  or,  whether  you  die,  you  may 
die  unto  the  Lord;  that,  living  or  dying,  you 
may  be  the  Lord's.  And  now  I  pray  that 
the  God  of  peace  may  give  you  His  peace  in 
your  time  of  sickness,  and,  by  His  Spirit, 
turn  it  to  the  good  of  your  body  and  soul, 
that  you  may  be  saved  in  the  day  of  the 
Lord,  and  may  be  numbered  with  the  saints 
in  glory  everlasting,  for  our  Lord  Jesus 
Christ's  sake. 

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57 

The  word  of  God,  as  the  Psalmist  speaks, 
"is  perfect  and  pure,  converting  the  soul, 
rejoicing  the  heart,  and  enlightening  the 
eyes  ;  yea,  sweeter  than  honey,  and  more  to 
be  desired  than  the  purest  gold." 

Let  God's  word,  then,  be  your  companion 
in  sickness. 

The  following  selections  from  Holy  Scrip- 
ture may  be  added  at  the  morning  and 
evening  prayer. 

MORNING.  EVKNING. 

Sunday /«am^  xxxviii 2  Corinth,  v. 

Monday Lamentations  iii St.  Luke  xyu 

Tuesday Job  xiv St.  John  xi. 

Wednesday haiah  xxvi St.  Luke  xv. 

Thursday Eccles.  xi.  and  xii .SV.  James  iv. 

Friday haiah  Ixiv 1  St.  Peter  i. 

Saturday Malachi  iii St.  Jratthnr  xxv. 

Or— 

MORNING.  EVENING. 

Sunday Isaiah  Ixv 1  Corinth,  xv. 

Monday Job  vii Romans  viii. 

Tuesday Job  ii.  to  verse  11 1  These,  iv  :  from 

V.  13  and  ch.  v. 

Wednesday haiah  Hi John  xvii. 

Thursday haiah  Iv Hebrevs  xii. 

Friday haiah  xl Philippians  iii. 

Saturday Job  xxxiii John  xiv. 

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^ ^ ^ 

58 

In  selecting  these  lessons  a  task  is  not  at- 
tempted to  be  imposed,  but  merely  appropri- 
ate portions  of  Holy  Scripture  pointed  out,  to 
be  used  as  weakness  and  circumstances  allow. 


Morning  Piiayer. 

Almighty  and  most  merciful  Father;  I 
have  erred,  and  strayed  from  Thy  ways  like 
a  lost  sheep.  1  have  followed  too  much  the 
devices  and  desires  of  my  own  heart.  I  have 
offended  against  Thy  holy  laws.  I  have  left 
undone  those  things  which  I  ought  to  have 
done  ;  and  I  have  done  those  things  which  I 
ought  not  to  have  done;  and  there  is  no 
health  in  me.  But  Thou,  O  Lord,  have 
mercy  upon  me,  a  miserable  offender.  Spare 
Thou  those,  O  God,  who  confess  their  faults. 
Eestore  Thou  those  who  are  penitent ;  ac- 
cording to  Thy  promises  declared  unto 
mankind  in  Christ  Jesus  our  Lord.  And 
grant,  O  most  merciful  Father,  for  His  sake, 
that  I  may  hereafter  live  a  godly,  righteous, 
and  sober  life,  to  the  glory  of  Thy  holy  name. 
Amen. 

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59 

Our  Father,  who  art  in  heaven,  hallowed 
be  Thy  name.  Thy  kingdom  come.  Thy 
will  be  done  on  earth,  as  it  is  in  heaven. 
Give  us  this  day  our  daily  bread.  Forgive 
us  our  trespasses,  as  we  forgive  those  who 
trespass  against  us.  And  lead  us  not  into 
temi)tation  ;  but  deliver  us  from  evil :  for 
Thine  is  the  kingdom,  and  the  power,  and 
the  glory,  for  ever  and  ever.     Amen. 

Then  repeat: 

I  BELIEVE  in  God  the  Father  Almighty, 
Maker  of  heaven  and  earth  : 

And  in  Jesus  Christ,  His  only  Son,  our 
Lord;  Who  was  conceived  by  the  Holy 
Ghost;  Born  of  the  Virgin  Mary;  Suffered 
under  Pontius  Pilate ;  Was  crucified,  dead, 
and  buried;  He  descended  into  hell;*  The 
third  day  He  rose  from  the  dead;  He  as- 
cended into  heaven,  And  sitteth  on  the  right 
hand  of  God  the  Father  Almighty;  From 
thence  He  shall  come  to  judge  the  quick  and 
the  dead. 

*  He  descended  into  hell,  or  lie  went  into  tlie  place  of  departed 
spirits,  wliicli  are  considered  words  of  the  same  me.ming  in  the 
Creed. 

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I  believe  in  the  Holy  Ghost;  The  holy 
Catholic  Church;  The  Communion  of  Saints; 
The  Forgiveness  of  Sins;  The  Resurrection 
of  the  bod}^;  And  the  Life  everlasting. 
Amen. 

After  which,  say  : 

I  am  Thy  prisoner,  O  Lord,  chained  by 
sickness  to  a  bed  of  pain ;  but  let  me  not  fret, 
even  because  I  am  Thine;  Thine,  whose 
chain  I  can  not  break;  Thine,  who  dost  draw 
me  to  Thee  by  this  chain;  Thine,  who  for 
my  sins  dost  justly  bind  me;  Thine,  who 
knowest  when  it  is  best  to  loose  me ;  Thine, 
who  hearest  every  groan  within  me;  Thine, 
who  for  my  sins  mightest  bind  me  in  ever- 
lasting chains,  and  sendest  this  sickness  to 
save  me.  O  Lord,  since  I  am  so  many  ways 
Thine,  let  me  submit  to  Thy  chain,  and  lie 
as  Thy  prisoner  and  Thy  patient  before 
Thee ;  and  let  Thy  pity,  in  Thy  good  time, 
release  me,  for  Jesus  Christ's  sake.     Amen. 

Remember  not,  Lord,  my  offences,  nor  the 
offences  of  m}^  forefathers;  neither  take 
Thou  vengeance  of  my  sins ;  spare  me,  good 
Lord ;  spare  Thy  people  whom  Thou  hast 


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redeemed  with  Thy  most  precious  blood, 
and  be  not  angry  with  us  for  ever. 

By  the  mystery  of  Thy  Holy  Incarnation ; 
by  Thy  Holy  Nativity  and  Circumcision  j 
by  Thy  Baptism,  Fasting,  and  Temptation  ; 

Good  Lord,  deliver  me. 

By  Thine  Agony  and  Bloody  Sweat;  by 
Thy  Cross  and  Passion;  by  Thy  precious 
Death  and  Burial;  by  Thy  glorious  Eesur- 
rection  and  Ascension ;  and  by  the  coming 
of  the  Holy  Ghost, 

Good  Lord,  deliver  me.. 

In  all  time  of  my  tribulation  ;  in  all  time 
of  my  prosperity;  in  the  hour  of  death,  and 
in  the  day  of  judgment, 

Good  Lord,  deliver  me. 

O  Lamb  of  God,  that  takest  away  the  sins 
of  the  world; 

Grant  me  Thy  peace. 

O  Lamb  of  God,  who  takest  away  the  sins 
of  the  world; 

Have  mercy  upon  me. 

God  the  Father  bless  me,  God  the  Son  de- 
fend me,  God  the  Holy  Ghost  preserve  me 
and  all  mine  and  His,  now  and  evermore. 
Amen. 

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The  Comfortable  Words. 

Hear  what  comfortable  words  our  Saviour 
Christ  saith  unto  all  who  truly  turn  to  Him: 

"  Come  unto  me,  all  ye  that  travail  and 
are  heavy  laden,  and  1  will  refresh  you." — 
St.  Matt.  xi.  28. 

"So  God  loved  the  world,  that  He  gave 
His  only  begotten  Son,  to  the  end  that  all 
that  believe  in  Him  should  not  perish,  but 
have  everlasting  life. — St.  John  iii.  16. 

Hear  also  what  Saint  Paul  saith  : 

"  This  is  a  true  saying,  and  worthy  of  all 
men  to  be  received,  That  Christ  Jesus  came 
into  the  world  to  save  sinners."  —  1  Timo- 
thy \.  15. 

Hear  also  What  Saint  John  saith  : 

''  If  any  man  sin,  we  have  an  Advocate 
with  the  Father,  Jesus  Christ  the  Eighteous; 
and  He  is  the  propitiation  for  our  sins."  —  1 
St.  John  ii.  1,  2. 


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Evening  Prayer. 

Almighty  God,  Father  of  our  Lord  Jesus 
Christ,  Maker  of  all  things,  Judge  of  all 
men;  I  acknowledge  and  bewail  my  mani- 
fold sins  and  wickedness,  which  I,  from  time 
to  time,  most  grievously  have  committed, 
by  thought,  word,  and  deed,  against  Thy 
Divine  Majesty,  provoking  most  justly  Thy 
wrath  and  indignation  against  me.  I  do 
earnestly  repent,  and  am  heartily  sorry  for 
these  my  misdoings  ;  Uie  remembrance  of 
them  is  grievous  unto  me;  the  burden  of 
them  is  intolerable.  Have  mercy  upon  me, 
most  merciful  Father;  for  thy  Son  our  Lord 
Jesus  Christ's  sake,  forgive  me  all  that  is 
past;  and  grant  that  I  may  ever  hereafter 
serve  and  please  Thee  in  newness  of  life,  to 
the  honor  and  glory  of  Thy  name,  through 
Jesus  Christ  our  Lord.     Amen. 

Almighty  God,  the  Father  of  our  Lord 
Jesus  Christ,  who  desircst  not  the  death  of 
a  sinner,  but  that  he  may  turn  from  his 
wickedness  and  live;  and  hast  promised  par- 

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don  to  them  that  truly  repent  and  unfeignedly 
believe  Thy  Holy  Gospel ;  of  Thy  mercy  I 
beseech  Thee  grant  me  true  repentance  and 
Thy  Holy  Spirit,  that  those  things  may 
please  Thee  which  I  do  at  this  present, 
and  that  the  rest  of  my  life  hereafter  may 
be  pure  and  holy,  so  that  at  the  last  1  may 
come  to  Thine  eternal  joy,  through  Jesus 
Christ,  our  Lord.     Amen. 

O  MOST  mighty  God  and  merciful  Father, 
who  hast  compassion  upon  all  men,  and 
hatest  nothing  that  Thou  hast  made ;  who 
wouldest  not  the  death  of  a  sinner,  but  rather 
that  he  should  turn  from  his  sin  and  be 
saved  -,  mercifully  forgive  me  my  trespasses ; 
receive  and  comfort  me,  grieved  and  wearied 
with  the  burden  of  my  sins.  Thy  property 
is  always  to  have  mercy;  to  Thee  only  it 
appertaineth  to  forgive  sins.  Spare  me, 
therefore,  good  Lord,  spare  me  whom  Thou 
hast  redeemed  -,  enter  not  into  judgment 
with  Thy  servant,  who  is  vile  earth,  and  a 
miserable  sinner;  but  so  turn  Thine  anger 
from    me,   who    meekly   aclcnowledge    my 


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vileness,  and  truly  repent  me  of  my  faults, 
and  so  make  haste  to  help  me  in  this  world, 
that  I  may  ever  live  with  Thee  in  the  world 
to  come;  through  Jesus  Christ,  our  Lord. 
Amen. 

Lord,  lift  Thou  up  the  light  of  Thy  coun- 
tenance upon  me  ;  and  in  all  the  pains  of  my 
body,  in  all  the  agonies  of  my  spirit,  let  Thy  j 
comforts  refresh  my  soul,  and  enable  me  pa-  | 
tiently  to  wait  till  my  change  come.  And  I 
grant,  O  Lord,  that  when  my  earthly  house  ! 
of  this  tabernacle  is  dissolved,  1  may  have  a  i 
building  of  God,  a  house  not  made  with 
hands,  eternal  in  the  heavens;  through  Him 
who  by  His  precious  blood  hath  purchased  it 
for  me,  Jesus  Christ,  our  Redeemer.     Amen. 

Our  Father,  who  art  in  heaven,  luillowed 
be  Thy  name.  Thy  kingdom  come.  Thy 
will  be  done  on  earth,  as  it  is  in  heaven.  | 
Give  us  this  day  our  daily  bread.  And  for- 
give us  our  trespasses,  as  we  forgive  those 
who  trespass  against  us.  And  lead  us  not  | 
into  temptation.     But  deliver  us  from  evil. 

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For  thine  is  the  kingdom,  and  the  power, 
and  the  glory,  for  ever  and  ever.     Amen. 

O  Sun  of  Eighteousness,  keep  me  from 
utter  darkness;  let  me  so  sleep  in  Thy  peace, 
that  I  may  be  ever  ready  to  arise  and  meet 
Thee  in  Thy  glory.     Amen.     Amen. 


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Rock  of  Ages,  cleft  for  me, 

Let  mo  hide  myself  in  Thee; 

Let  the  water  and  the  blood, 

From  Thy  side  a  healing  flood, 

Be  of  sin  the  double  cure, 

Save  from  wrath,  and  make  me  pure. 


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PRAYERS  WHICH  MAY  BE  ADDED  TO  THE 
MORNING  AND  EVENING  DEVOTIONS. 

FOR  TRUST  IN  GOD. 

O  Almighty  God,  our  only  help  in  time  of 
trouble,  who  never  failest  them  that  trust 
in  Thee  :  grant  me  grace,  I  beseech  Thee,  at 
all  times,  and  in  all  my  difficulties  and  dis- 
tresses, so  to  put  my  whole  trust  and  con- 
fidence in  Thee,  that  I  may  cast  all  my  care 
upon  Thee,  and  with  cheerfulness  submit 
myself  to  Thy  hands;  give  me,  in  this  the 
hour  of  trial,  to  rely  upon  Thee,  through  the 
merits  of  my  Eedeemer,  knowing  assuredly 
that  all  things  shall  work  together  for  good 
to  them  that  love  Thee.  And,  O  Lord, 
however  Thou  art  pleased  to  deal  with  my 
body,  yet  spare  my  soul,  I  beseech  Thee,  and 
deliver  it  from  the  bitter  pains  of  eterna^ 
death.  O  take  me  not  out  of  this  world  until 
Thou  hast  fitted  me  in  some  measure  for  Thy 
heavenly  kingdom.  Grant,  O  Lord,  that, 
whether  I  live,  I  may  live  unto  Thee;  or, 
whether  I  die,  I  may  die  unto  Thee ;  so  that, 

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living  and  dying,  I  may  be  Thine,  through 
Jesus  Christ,  my  ever  blessed  Saviour  and 
Eedeemcr.     Amen. 

IN  THE  PROSPECT  OF  AN  OPERATION. 

Jesus,  ray  Eedeemer,  my  Saviour,  Thou 
who  didst  not  despise  the  Cross,  but  didst 
yield  Thyself  to  the  tormentors,  who  didst 
drink  of  the  cup  of  sorrow  Avillingly,  yet  didst 
taste  of  its  bitterness,  be  Thou  Avith  me  in 
the  hour  of  my  agony ;  strengthen  me  to 
bear  all  that  shall  be  laid  upon  me  ;  in  every 
pang  may  my  spirit  still  have  power  to  say 
with  Thee,  not  my  will,  but  Thine,  be  done. 

Give  me  grace,  O  Lord,  to  yield  up  m}'  will 
into  Thy  hands;  to  trust  in  Thee,  in  Thy 
might,  and  in  Thj^  providence,  rather  than 
in  the  skill  of  man.  Do  Thou  bless  it,  Lord, 
if  so  it  seemeth  good  in  Thy  sight,  for  my 
relief;  but  if  not,  if  it  should  be  in  vain,  let 
me  still  bless  and  praise  Thee,  and  submit 
myself  to  Thy  good  pleasure.  Let  me  go  to 
this  trial  in  the  strength  of  the  Lord  God, 
committing  myself  to  Him  that  judgeth 
righteously;  all  which  I  ask  in  His  name 

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who  is  touched  with  our  infirmities,  Jesus 
Christ,  Thy  blessed  Sou.     Amen. 

FOR  THE  FEAR  OF  GOD. 

O  Gracious  Lord,  who  only  art  high  and 
to  be  feared,  fill  my  soul  with  a  holy  awe 
and  reverence  of  Thee,  that  I  may  give  Thee 
the  honor  due  unto  Thy  name,  and  so  esteem 
all  things  which  relate  to  Thee  that  I  may 
never  profane  what  Thou  hast  made  holy 
and  set  apart  for  Thyself  And,  O  Lord, 
since  Thou  art  a  God  who  will  by  no  means 
clear  the  guilty,  let  the  dread  of  Thy  dis- 
pleasure, and  the  fear  of  Thy  judgment,  and 
the  sentence  of  the  last  day,  make  me  trem- 
ble to  provoke  Thee  in  anything.  O  let  me 
not  so  misplace  my  fear,  that  I  may  be  afraid 
of  any  man  and  forget  Thee,  the  Lord,  my 
Maker,  and  my  Judge,  but  replenish  my  soul 
with  that  fear  of  the  Lord  which  is  the  be- 
ginning of  wisdom,  and  which  may  keep  me 
in  a  constant  conformity  to  Thy  holy  will. 
Hear  me,  O  Lord,  I  beseech  Thee,  and  put 
this  fear  in  my  heart,  that  I  may  never 
depart  from  Thee,  but  may,  with  fear  and 

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trembling,  work  out  my  salvation ;  through 
Jesus  Christ,  our  Lord.     Amen. 

FOR  CONTRITION. 

O  most  merciful  God,  who,  notwithstand- 
ing my  continued  abuses  of  Thy  goodness, 
and  my  unthankfulness  for  Thy  long-suifer- 
ing  and  patience  toward  me,  vouchsafest  to 
continue  to  me  the  means  of  grace  and  re- 
pentance ;  awaken  my  soul  from  the  sleep  of 
death,  and  make  me  duly  sensible  of  the 
greatness  of  my  transgressions,  and  of  the 
dreadful  eternity  of  torments  to  which,  with- 
out repentance,  they  must  consign  me.  Give 
me  a  deep  contrition  for  having  oifended 
Thee,  my  merciful  Creator  and  Eedeemer. 
O  work  in  my  soul  that  godly  sorrow  which 
leadeth  to  repentance  unto  salvation  :  that, 
heartily  detesting  and  loathing  all  my  past 
abominations,  and  begging  at  Thy  feet  for 
pardon  with  strong  crying  and  tears,  I  may 
obtain  mercy  of  Thee,  who  despisest  not  the 
sighing  of  a  contrite  heart,  for  the  merits  and 
intercession  of  Thy  beloved  Son,  Jesus  Christ, 
our  Lord.     Amen. 

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FOR  PARDON. 

O  Eternal  and  most  gracious  Father,  I  cast 
down  my  soul  before  Thee.  O  cast  me  not 
away  from  Thee.  I  cannot  stand  at  the  bar 
of  Thy  justice;  I  therefore  lie  down  at  the 
footstool  of  Thy  mercy.  I  condemn  myself 
for  my  sins;  Lord,  judge  me  not.  O  my 
God,  hear  the  prayers  and  cries  of  a  sinner 
who  calls  earnestly  for  mercy.  Blot  out  my 
sins  in  the  blood  of  my  Saviour.  Though 
red  as  crimson,  Thou  has  promised  the  peni- 
tent they  shall  be  as  snow;  O  pardon  this 
guilty  soul  of  mine,  I  beseech  Thee.  Wash 
me  from  my  sins  and  forgive  all  mine  iniqui- 
ties. And  let  Thy  Holy  Spirit  assist  and 
strengthen  me  to  overcome  my  temptations, 
for  the  blessed  merits  of  Him  who  overcame 
the  world  for  me,  Thy  dear  Son,  Jesus  Christ, 
our  Lord.     Amen. 

FOR  SINCERITY. 

O  holy  Lord,  who  searchest  the  heart  and 
triest  the  reins;  tr}'-  me,  1  beseech  Thee,  and 
seek  the  ground  of  my  heart ;  purge  it  from 
all  hypocrisy^and  insincerity,  and  suffer  not 


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any  accursed  thing  to  lurk  within  me ;  give 
me  truth  in  the  inward  parts,  and  purity  of 
heart,  that  I  may  be  prepared  to  see  Thee 
in  Thy  kingdom,  through  Jesus  Christ  our 
Lord.     Amen. 

FOR  HUMILITY. 

Almighty  God,  who  resisteth  the  proud, 
and  giveth  grace  to  the  humble ;  mercifully 
grant  that  1  may  follow  the  example  of  the 
great  humility  of  Thy  blessed  Son,  who  did 
humble  Himself  to  take  upon  Him  our  flesh, 
and  to  suffer  death  upon  the  cross ;  convince 
me  that  I  am  less  than  the  least  of  all  Thy 
mercies^  that  as  I  am  vile  in  myself,  so  let 
me  be  vile  in  mine  own  eyes,  and  may  there- 
fore esteem  every  man  better  than  myself 
Grant  this,  O  Father,  for  Thy  Son  Jesus 
Christ's  sake.     Amen. 

FOR  FAITH. 

O  blessed  Lord,  whom  without  faith  it  is 
impossible  to  please,  let  Th}^  Spirit,  I  beseech 
Thee,  work  in  me  such  a  faith  as  may  be  ac- 
ceptable in  Th}^  sight,  even  such  as  may  show 

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itself  by  my  works,  that  it  may  enable  me  to 
overcome  the  world,  and  conform  me  to  the 
image  of  that  Christ  on  whom  I  believe; 
that  so,  at  the  last,  I  may  receive  the  end  of 
my  faith,  even  the  salvation  of  my  soul,  by 
the  same  Jesus  Christ  our  Lord.     Amen. 


FOR  HOPE. 

O  Lord,  who  art  the  hope  of  all  the  ends 
of  the  earth,  let  me  never  be  destitute  of  a 
well-grounded  hope,  nor  yet  possessed  with 
a  vain  presumption ;  suifer  me  not  to  think 
Thou  wilt  either  be  reconciled  to  my  sins  or 
reject  my  repentance ;  but  give  me,  I  beseech 
Thee,  such  a  hope  as  may  both  encourage 
and  enable  me  to  purify  myself,  even  as 
Thou  art  pure,  that  when  Thou  shalt  appear 
I  may  be  made  like  unto  Thee,  in  Thy  eternal 
and  glorious  kingdom,  where,  with  the  Fath- 
er and  the  Holy  Ghost,  Thou  livest  and 
reignest  one  God,  world  without  end.     Amen. 


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PRAYERS  TO  BE  USED  BY  THE  FRIENDS 

OR  ATTENDANTS  OF  THE  SICK. 
When  there  appeareth  hut  small  hope  of  recovery. 
O  Father  of  mercies,  and  the  God  of  all 
comfort,  our   only   help   in   time    of  need; 
we  fl}'  unto  Thee  for  succor  in  behalf  of  this 
Thy  servant,  here  lying  under  Thy  hand  in 
great  weakness  of  body.     Look  graciously 
upon  him,  O  Lord ;   and  the  more  the  out- 
ward  man   deca^^eth,    strengthen    him,  we 
beseech  Thee,  so  much  the  more  continually 
with  Thy  grace  and  Holy  Spirit  in  the  in- 
ner man.     Give  him  unfeigned  repentance 
for  all  the  errors  of  his  life  past,  and  stead- 
fiist  faith  in  Thy  Son  Jesus;   that  his  sins 
may  be  done  away  by  Thy  mercy,  and  his 
pardon  sealed  in  heaven  before  he  go  hence 
and  be  no  more  seen.     We  know,  O  Lord, 
that  there  is  no  word  impossible  with  Thee; 
and  that,  if  Thou  wilt,  Thou  canst  even  yet 
raise  him  up,  and  grant  him  a  longer  con- 
tinuance amongst  us;   yet  forasmuch  as  in 
all  appearance  the  time  of  his   dissolution 
draweth  near,  so  fit  and  prepare  him,  we  be- 


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seech  Thee,  against  the  hour  of  death,  that 
after  his  departure  hence  in  peace,  and  in 
Thy  favor,  his  soul  maj^  be  received  into 
Thine  everlasting  kingdom ;  through  the 
merits  and  mediation  of  Jesus  Christ,  Thine 
only  Son,  our  Lord  and  Saviour.     Amen. 


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THE  MANNER  OF  COMMENDING  THE 
SICK  INTO  THE  HANDS  OF  GOD  AT 
THE  HOUR  OF  DEATH. 

God  the  Father,  who  hath  created  thee, 
God  the  Son,  who  hath  redeemed  thee,  God 
the  Holy  Ghost,  who  hath  infused  His  grace 
into  thee,  be  now  and  evermore  thy  defence, 
assist  thee  in  this  thy  last  trial,  and  bring 
thee  into  the  way  of  everlasting  life.    Amen. 

Into  Thy  merciful  hands,  O  heavenly 
Father,  we  commend  the  soul  of  Thy  ser- 
vant now  departing;  acknowledge,  we  be- 
seech Thee,  a  sheep  of  Thine  own  fold,  a 
lamb  of  Thine  own  flock.  Receive  him  into 
the  arms  of  Thy  mercy,  into  the  sacred  rest 
of  everlasting  peace,  and  into  the  glorious 
estate  of  Thy  chosen  saints  in  heaven.  O 
Father  Almighty,  receive  and  forgive.  O 
Holy  Ghost  the  Comforter,  comfort  him  in 
the  dark  valley  of  the  shadow  of  death.  O 
Saviour  of  the  world,  who  by  Thy  cross  and 
precious  blood  hast  redeemed  him,  save  and 
help  this  Thy  departing  servant,  O  Lord. 
Amen. 

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The  only  feast  of  which  a  sick  man   is 
wise  to  partake,  is  that 

*  *  *  *    i<  Sacred  feast,  which  Jesus  makes 
Rich  banquet  of  His  flesh  and  blood." — Hymn. 


«-     *     ^i    *     *     The  place  was  bright 
"  With  something  of  celestial  light  " — 
A  simple  Altar  by  the  bed 
For  high  Communion  meetly  spread, 
Chalice,  and  plate,  and  snowy  vest. — 
We  ate  and  drank  :  then  calmly  blest. 
All  mourners,  one  with  dying  breath, 
We  sate  and  talk'd  of  Jesus'  death. 

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MEDITATIONS  UPON  EECOVEEY. 

If  God  hath  of  His  mercy  heard  thy 
prayers,  and  restored  thee  to  thy  health 
again,  consider,  with  thyself — 

1.  That  thou  hast  now  received  from  God, 
as  it  were,  another  life;  spend  it,  therefore, 
to  the  honor  of  God,  in  newness  of  life;  let 
thy  sin  die  with  thy  sickness,  but  live  thou 
by  grace  to  holiness. 

2.  Put  not  off  the  thought  of  the  day  of 
death ;  for  thou  knowest  not  for  all  thin 
how  near  it  is  at  hand ;  and  being  so  fairly 
warned,  be  wiser.  For,  if  thou  be  taken  in 
an  unprepared  state  the  next  time,  thy  ex- 
cuse will  be  less  and  thy  judgment  greater. 

3.  Fulfil  all  your  vows  of  holier  living,  of 
more  frequent  and  abundant  alms-giving,  of 
more  constant  public  worship,  and  of  more 
faithful  self-examination. 

The  highest  act  of  worship  in  which  a 
Christian  can  join  is  the  Holy  Communion 
of  Christ's  Body  and  Blood ;  neglect  not, 
then,  this  privilege,  so  soon  as  you  are  suffi- 
ciently recovered. 

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4.  In  all  things  give  thanks  unto  God. 
Pray  without  ceasing ;  increase  your  prayers 
at  home  and  be  more  devout  in  church. 
Keep  G-od  in  all  your  thoughts;  enter  on 
your  worldly  labors  with  a  devout  spirit; 
prepare  daily  for  the  great  day  of  Christ, 
that  you  may  be  found  watching  at  His 
coming,  and  may  be  numbered  among  the 
saints  in  glory  everlasting. 


DEVOTIONS. 
I  will  magnify  Thee,  0  Lord,  for  Thou 
hast  set  me  up :  and  not  made  my  foes  to 
triumph  over  me. 

0  Lord  I  cried  unto  Thee :  and  Thou  hast 
healed  me. 

Thou  hast  turned  my  heaviness  into  joy : 
Thou  hast  put  off  my  sackcloth,  and  girded 
me  with  gladness. 

The  Lord  hath  chastened  and  corrected 
me,  but  He  hath  not  given  me  over  unto 
death. 

1  will  pay  Thee  my  vows,  O  God,  which 


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my  lips  have  uttered,  and  my  mouth  hath 
spoken  when  I  was  in  trouble. 

O  Lord,  I  give  Thee  humble  and  hearty 
thanks  for  Thy  great  mercy  in  bringing  me 
back  from  the  grave.  What  Thou  hast  fur- 
ther for  me  to  do  or  to  suffer,  Thou  alone 
knowest :  Lord,  give  me  patience  and  cour- 
age, and  all  Christian  resolution  and  grace 
to  do  Thee  service.  And  now  that  Thou 
hast  mercifully  restored  me,  let  me  live  to 
love,  to  honor,  and  to  obey  Thee,  and  all 
this  through  Jesus  Christ.     Amen. 

0  Almighty  God,  I  give  Thee  humble 
thanks,  for  that  Thou  hast  vouchsafed  to 
deliver  me  from  the  pains  and  perils  of  my 
late  sickness ;  grant,  I  beseech  Thee,  most 
merciful  Farther,  that  I,  through  Thy  help, 
may  both  faithfully  live  and  walk  according 
to  Thy  will  in  this  life  present,  and  also 
may  be  a  partaker  of  everlasting  glorj^  in 
the  life  to  come,  through  Jesus  Christ  our 
Lord.     Amen. 

1  praise  Thee,  I  worship  Thee,  I  glorify 
Thee,  I  give  thanks  to  Thee,  O  Lord  God, 
Lamb  of  God,  Son  of  the  Father,  that  takest 

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away  the  sins  of  the  world.  For  Thou  only 
art  holy,  Thou  only  art  the  Lord  3  Thou 
only,  O  Christ,  with  the  Holy  Ghost,  art 
most  high  in  the  glory  of  God  the  Father. 
Holy,  holy,  holy,  Lord  God  of  Hosts,  heaven 
and  earth  are  full  of  Thy  glory :  for  these 
and  all  Thy  mercies,  glory  be  to  Thee,  O 
Lord  Most  High.     Amen. 


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Be  patient !  0  be  patient !  Put  your  ear  against  the  earth  ; 
Listen    there   how  noiselessly   the  germ   o'  the   seed   has 

birth- 
How  noiselessly  and  gently  it  upheaves  its  little  way 
Till  it   parte  the  scarcely  broken  ground,  and  the  blade 

stands  up  in  the  day. 

Be  patient !  0  be  patient !  the  germs  of  mighty  thought 
Must  have  their  silent  undergrowth,  must  under  ground 

be  wrought : 
But  as   sure  as   there  's   a  power   that  makes  the   grass 

appear, 
Our  land  shall  be  green  with  liberty,  the  blade-time  shall 

be  here. 

[Dean    Trench. 


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"THY  WILL  BE  DONE." 

My  God,  my  Father,  while  I  stray, 
Far  from  my  home,  in  life's  rough  way, 

0  teach  me  from  my  heart  to  say, 
"  Thy  will  be  done. " 

Though  dark  my  path,  and  sad  my  lot, 

Let  me  be  still  and  murmur  not. 

Or  breathe  the  prayer  divinely  taught, 

"  Thy  will  be  done.  " 

What  though  in  lonely  grief  I  sigh, 
I         For  friends  beloved,  no  longer  nigh, 
Submissive  would  I  still  reply, 

"  Thy  will  be  done.  " 

If  Thou  should'st  call  me  to  resign. 
What  most  I  prize,  it  ne'er  was  mine; 

1  only  yield  Thee  what  is  Thine; 
"  Thy  will  be  done.  "  ^ 

Let  but  my  fainting  heart  be  blest 
With  Thy  sweet  Spirit  for  its  guest; 
My  God,  to  Thee  I  leave  the  rest; 

"  Thy  will  be  done.  " 

Renew  my  will  from  day  to  day. 
Blend  it  with  Thine,  and  take  away 
All  that  now  makes  it  hard  to  say, 

«<  Thy  will  be  done." — Amen. 


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"  LORD,  REMEMBER  ME.  " 

0  Thou,  from  Whom  all  goodness  flows, 

I  lift  my  soul  to  Thee ; 
In  all  my  sorrows,  conflicts,  woes, 

Good  Lord,  remember  me. 

If  on  my  aching,  burdened  heart, 

My  sins  lie  heavily, 
Thy  pardon  grant,  Thy  peace  impart ; 

Good  Lord,  remember  me. 

If  trials  sore  obstruct  my  way, 

And  ills  I  can  not  flee. 
Then  let  my  strength  be  as  my  day  ; 

Good  Lord,  remember  me. 

If,  worn  with  pain,  disease,  and  grief, 

This  feeble  frame  should  be. 
Grant  patience,  rest,  and  kind  relief; 

Good  Lord,  remember  me. 

And  oh  !  when,  in  the  hour  of  death, 

I  bow  to  Thy  decree, 
Jesu,  receive  my  parting  breath  ; 

Good  Lord,  remember  me. — Amen, 


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